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Free Chlorine

Leebo
Updated onUpdated on Oct 25, 2020 at 1:09 PM

Free chlorine, as measured by a TFP recommended test kit, is the sum of two forms of chlorine in your pool water – active chlorine (the chlorine compounds that directly oxidize bather waste and kill pathogens) and reserve chlorine (the chlorine that is bound to the cyanuric acid stabilizer, or CYA).

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